Physical Education and Sports Coaching with Foundation Year

Build your confidence, learn new skills, and prepare yourself for your degree in sport.

Take your first step in preparing for an exciting career in sport with a foundation year. This 1 year course will help you refine your academic and professional skills, while also gaining essential knowledge across all of the key areas of sport studies.

This foundation year in sport is an opportunity to put yourself in the best possible position when you start your degree with us. It lets you add an extra level of preparatory work and broad knowledge to your degree. This option is ideal if you do not yet meet the entry requirements for your chosen degree, you have been out of education for a while, or you just don’t feel ready yet to start studying at degree level.

The modules you will study on this course all cover important areas of sport which are relevant to whichever of our courses you choose to progress onto. This includes:

Physiology
Biomechanics
Psychology
Sociology

There is also a strong focus on managing your transition to independent study and university level learning. We will introduce you to the different types of assessment you may experience at degree level (including presentations, exams, essays and practical assessments). You will also gain the essential practical skills needed for laboratory and field work.